Am Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:45:44 -0700 schrieb Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>: > Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.com.au> writes: > > > I actually think that the comments from Joey and Russ are both very > > valuable and it would be good to get everything together into a > > single document that explains both the dual-repository approach and > > the combined approach. > > Yeah, I agree. That's partly what I was trying to do with my notes, > but they need more revision, and I wouldn't at all mind the content > being copied somewhere that's more generally editable so that other > workflows can be added. (I'll probably keep maintaining my page to > document precisely what I personally do, but I can make those changes > in more than one place.) I think it would be great if you would add it to http://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit > > > My comments were not intended to (and do not prevent) what either of > > them is proposing. Certainly, it was meant to raise awareness of > > the fact that files from the upstream tarball may not be in > > upstream's tag: and I simply provide one way of dealing with it, a > > method that is used a lot and that was what I came across at the > > time I started contributing packages to Debian. > > > Obviously the combined approach (Russ) is really only possible if > > upstream uses git, because of it's distributed nature. The > > dual-repository approach remains relevant if upstream is on CVS or > > SVN and the Debian packages are to be maintained with git. > > Indeed, that's part of why I haven't revised my notes yet. Both > methods really need to be explained. > Regards, Andreas
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